Invention
£25.00The definitive autobiography of James Dyson, the UK’s most successful businessman, revealing the secrets of his success and the inspiration behind his inventions
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Secrets of the Mummy Concierge
£8.99Tiffany Norris is the one and only concierge for parenthood in the UK today. Acting as a baby’s personal assistant, on-call therapist and social director, Tiffany strives to be the ultimate parent protector, peacekeeper and negotiator when it comes to bringing a new tiny human into the world. Where demands go way beyond late-night food cravings and into the luxurious world of the super-rich, Tiffany is on hand to help mammas- and papas-to-be with all kinds of quirky and seemingly impossible requests.
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Border Crossings
£18.99This timely memoir powerfully rejects the poisonous narrative that Muslims can no longer be trusted as honest citizens of the West
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Friends and enemies
£25.00Barbara Amiel’s long-awaited memoir is shockingly honest, richly detailed and pulls few punches. An instinctive feminist and now a foe of feminism’s political correctness, her own memoirs cover a formidable array of experiences – political, sexual, marital and material. Born in London during the Blitz, the only consistent strain in her early life was a fierce belief in her identity as a Jew even as the Jewish community disowned her and an unquestioned view that women were free to do anything in any arena they chose without any need to win society’s approval. Which she very often did not.
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Shoemaker: The Untold Story of the British Family Firm that Became a Global Bran
£20.00The story of the founder of Reebok, Joe Foster, who grew the business from a small factory in Bolton to a major international brand.
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The Glossy Years: Magazines, Museums and Selective Memoirs
£9.99Packed with surprising and often hilarious anecdotes, ‘The Glossy Years’ also provides perceptive insight into the changing and treacherous worlds of fashion, journalism, museums and a whole sweep of British society. This is a rich, honest, witty and very personal memoir of a life splendidly lived.
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Glossy Years: Magazines, Museums and Selective Memoirs
£25.00Packed with surprising and often hilarious anecdotes, ‘The Glossy Years’ also provides perceptive insight into the changing and treacherous worlds of fashion, journalism, museums and a whole sweep of British society. This is a rich, honest, witty and very personal memoir of a life splendidly lived.
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Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons in Creative Leadership from the CEO of the Walt Disn
£20.00The CEO of The Walt Disney Company shares the ideas and values he has used to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world, and inspire the people who bring the magic to life. In 2005, Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company during a difficult time. Morale had deteriorated, competition was more intense, and technology was changing faster than at any time in the company’s history. ‘I knew there was nothing to be gained from arguing over the past’, Iger writes. ‘The only thing that mattered was the future, and I believed I had a clear idea of the direction Disney needed to go’. It came down to three clear ideas: (1) Create the highest quality content Disney could produce. (2) Embrace and adopt technology instead of fighting it. And (3) Think bigger – think global – and turn Disney into a stronger brand in international markets.
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Hunt the Banker: The Confessions of a Russian Ex-Oligarch
£20.00Hunt the Banker is a memoir of Lebedev’s own hair-raising experiences as someone who aspires to show that an ‘honest banker’ is not an oxymoron. There is the thread of a whodunit as his attempts at constructive and charitable business enterprises are systematically torpedoed by a person or persons unknown.
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Aardman: An Epic Journey: Taken One Frame at a Time
£20.00The fascinating and funny behind-the-scenes story of claymation experts Aardman Animations, from humble beginnings to Hollywood, told in their own words by Peter Lord, David Sproxton, Nick Park and Richard Starzak. -
Finding My Virginity
£25.0050 years ago, Sir Richard Branson started his first business. In his new autobiography, the Virgin Founder shares his personal, intimate thoughts on five decades as the world’s ultimate entrepreneur. He shares the secrets that have seen his family business grow from a student magazine into a global brand, his dreams of private citizens flying to space develop from a childhood fantasy to the brink of reality and his focus shift from battling bigger rivals to changing business for good.
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Shop Girl
£7.99In Mary’s family, money is scarce. Clothes are hand-me-downs, holidays are a church day out to Hastings and meals are variations on a potato theme. But these are good times with everything revolving around the force of nature that is Theresa, Mary’s mum. When tragedy unexpectedly blows this world apart, however, a new chapter in her life opens up. She takes to the camp and glamour of Harrods window dressing like a duck to water, and Mary, Queen of Shops is born.